And she meets the children of Grozny, those who will shape their country s future. In a broken, devastated society, she meets the orphans, the wounded, the lost. The tragedy in Chechnya had continued, but the world had moved on, its attention on other conflicts. In 20 she returned, travelling in secret, under constant danger. Asne Seierstad was a foreign correspondent in Moscow at the time, and travelled regularly to Chechnya to report on the war, describing its effects on those trying to live their daily lives amidst the violence. In the early hours of New Year s Eve, 1994, Russian troops invaded the Republic of Chechnya, plunging the country into a prolonged and bloody conflict that continues to this day. Paperback Life Inside Chechnya - from the bestselling author of The Bookseller of Kabul
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